We are the directors of The Reward: The animated epic fantasy bromance film. We will draw what you say and answer your questions!

I would love to see Vito and Wilhelm kiss but a best bros manly hug would be awesome, too. I love these guys so much.

As for a question, we've seen that Vito has medical know-how in how he patched up Wilhelm in the short. Does Wilhelm often have to rely on Vito's knowledge or are they both fairly up to snuff on wrapping and tending to injuries?

http://imgur.com/nWKyD8u

Smoooch

ahhhhh too perfect this makes me so happy. you just wait for the influx of wil/vito slash when this gets funded :)

That would be awesome indeed!

Vito is more like chansey. He heals and plays a lot. Wilhelm cannot heal wounds.. he becomes all awkward when he tries to heal... and he is not as confident around girls :)

On the request side : I request for the both best buds driving in some kind of manly hot rod, some mustang kind of car. Either them driving off into the sunset, or a low point frontal view, driving onwards to adventures.

On the question side : What inspired you into creating The Reward? Do you guys consider yourself as much bro's as the main protagonists? What would you prefer most, a full length big movie or a longer running short series?

Also, how do they get the "Keep off the Grass" sign on the grass?

Coming up ;)

http://imgur.com/QrEyf8g Hahaha, hope this will do. Okay. SO, we got inspired to make The Reward because of our intern humour and adventure lust. Yes, the bromance is deep, and it is very much like me and Kenneth ladekjer in real life (I'm Mikkel Mainz). What is the "keep of the grass" sign in this context?? lol. we would prefer both. right now, we are going for a series that takes place right after The Reward, but a movie is also a big dream of ours :)

I requests Vito and Wilhelm fighting a whale. From the inside. Also, I'd be interested in what inspired this animation. Care to go into detail about what sparked the idea?

I approve of this request!

http://imgur.com/j240w9K whale fight!

oh my god this is like from my dream aaahh Can you draw Vito and Wilhelm as kids?

Coming up! ;)

http://imgur.com/ooHYxhq

i dont know am i screaming or crying senpai noticed me

Hahaha ;) thanks my friend!

in regards to female characters: will we see some who are created as actual characters and not genders? a lot of comic writers (mainly ones in DC) don't know how to write women and for one simple reason: they see their view of females, not characters who just happen to be female.

edit: forgot to add sketch request!! Wil and Vito as their spirit animals haha

In The Lands of Alethrion there are plenty of female characters who are strong, inderpendent human beings. Some are leaders and some are gods. In general, our plan is to open up a complex universe with all kinds of characters with different attitudes and mindsets.

We are actually having a couple of very cool female characters in our mind, who are complex and strong. But also weak ones, because we think it's important to portrait both scenarios to fulfill the show.

same for the men of course ;)

Could you perhaps draw Vito and Wilhelm cross-dressing? :)

http://imgur.com/XZDE4BH

cross dressing sketch

Vito and Wilhelm standing fantastically astride a vanquished dragon quaffing an ale. And, your stuff is awesome btw.

http://imgur.com/qz5JvRu

mmm beer

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http://imgur.com/WUCSNcI

cute stuff

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You are very welcome :)

coming up!

Could you draw wilhelm with flowers please!!!

coming up ;)

http://imgur.com/LwWlTxv

haha, he is a bit shy

I know you cosplayed as Wilhelm and Vito. Are the characters based off your personalities at all?

Yes! I (mikkel) am dressed as Vito, who is very much like me and Kenneth is Wilhelm. The shole team just looked at us and laughed when they needed inspiration for Vito and Wilhelm, Hahaha

Your dress-up photos are really wonderful, though! they are definitely an inspiration!

Thank you!

I love your guys' kickstarter and am hoping for the best for you. I was wondering if you booked a whole orchestra and everything for your music or is that Mathias Winum just really good at using ProTools?

Now for a shameless drawing request:

Can I get some rad-ass Dogs on Skateboards!

Coming up ;) thanks!

http://imgur.com/5dH8GjU Here it is ! Vito Wilhelm dogs though, Lmao

Btw people if you want it will help us so much if you would share this image:

http://imgur.com/gallery/32s18oo

All right people! We are going to sleep now! it's way past the suncreatures bedtime and we have to put it to sleep now. Thanks for all the great drawing requests! We hope we got around to most of you and you also had fun! Thank you for your support and for being great people!

EPIC HIGHFIVES to you all

goodnight

Let's see some Reward/Portal crossover. Vito and Wilhelm would make an excellent Atlas and P-Body!

Sorry we didn't see it before! very fast, here it is: http://imgur.com/orJqdtn

I love the work you've done so far, and am excited to see more!

What are your favorite D&D classes?

Bards because of their amusing social skills and Wizards because of the fact they can scribe scroll.

I send a hefty high-five to all the people behind The Reward - they have given us all a taste of adventure and we must surely have more of a main course.

Thanks buddy! you know we love you ;) wink

Carl Sagan using star stuff to battle a centaur!

pls respond (´・ω・`)

On it's way ;)

http://imgur.com/StGCYye

Draw vito and wilhelm on the moon, smoking cigars, with a giant giraffe and a giant letter A fighting in the background. There is a flying unicorn puking rainbows above them. Oh, and it is all being drawn by bob ross.

http://imgur.com/a3o5EEt

I am applying to the Animation Workshop right now! Still waiting for the response, my heart is killing me jaja. Anything you can tell me about the school or student tips? Also, the best of luck to you guys on the kickstarter, I chipped in :)

Edit: Not necessary, but a meetup between the Vito and Wilhelm with the warrior that inspired them in the first place would be sweet!

Ah! Good luck! I remember it was a hard waiting time! seemed like the watch was broken! The school is awesome! It has been three great years with a fantastic learning curve. As a student at the school, you have to have fun while studying. It has been three heavy years for other students, who are too focused in the individual assignments and not being a part of the fun at the same time! Go to the Friday pub and meet some people! :D

Your drawing is comming up.

Here you go! http://imgur.com/2HMjp7W

I absolutely loved the video. It was beautiful and inspiring and made me pick back up my pencil and sketchbook after a few months of not drawing. So thank you for that, gents!

I'd love to see a pic of Vito and Wilhelm riding Falkor the Luck Dragon from Neverending Story!

http://imgur.com/leQ9aJp weee

the creepiest and cutest of all dragons. I will give you your request! And thank you very much! it is great to hear that we inspired you to pick up the pencil again! highfive!

Hullo there! :D I requests Vito and Wilhelm in Snowy mountains and wearing an exotic furs...only thing is that these fur coats are ALIVE and Glowing :)

Coming up ;)

http://imgur.com/54V5ytg here it is . wild... AND glowing!

probably a long shot but I'd love to see Vito and Wilhelm either fighting, arm wrestling, or maybe high fiving this lovely shadow gent right here:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c273/shadowcrazy/Domenica%20the%20Shadow%20Hatter/shadowcrazy08.jpg

meh...long shot but it couldn't hurt to try I guess...

also good luck with the campaign, gonna be close but I have faith in you guys.

http://imgur.com/v0UnRzk FIGHT FIGHT

Not a long shot at all! it's coming right up! ;)

I loooove that short. Draw a pokemon battle!

Why do a single drawing, when we can show you a whole animation battle done by Kenneth and Mikkel! :) https://vimeo.com/61669294

I would absolutely love to see Vito and Wilhelm genderbent to ladies! Magic spell perhaps? How would they react to it?

http://imgur.com/QtbI2mP

That is Vito, Wilhelm will come in 1 min.

http://imgur.com/r8Bn8Oe Wilhelma

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Maybe they were handling something that was getting too wild. It was going beyond their grasp and as the universe and series was starting to form it's own life and controlling it's own destiny they had to come up with a clever plan to make it conclude itself in a way that would make season 2 impossible. But it's just an idea

wilhelm and vito drawing pictures of you?

http://imgur.com/np53S5k

Ooooh, Vito's right-handed and Wilhelm's left-handed?

As any warrior would Wilhelm has trained both his hands to obey his comands

good idea! on it's way

Why did you give a special thanks to Pokémon?

Haha, we thank Pokemon because we played a lot of pokemon when me (Mikkel Mainz) and Kenneth Ladekjer decided to direct a movie together. We even animated pokemon battles together which I am sure you can find if you google: Sun Creature Studio Pokemon.

Creators of dat Epic movie of THE REWARD??????!!!!!! AWESOME! Can you draw Whilhelm arm wresting a giant bunny while Vito is cheering for him??

It's coming up! and thank you haha :D

http://imgur.com/PDVUZcL

the bunny was winning, Vito had to interfere ;)

Hi there! I absolutely loved The Reward and was thrilled to see you guys doing a Kickstarter - here's hoping the campaign stays strong!

I have a picture request and a question: For the picture request, could you please draw Vito and Wilhelm surrounded by goblin-like things and preparing to fight them? For the question, what have you enjoyed most about your work on The Reward/Tales of Alrethion so far?

Good luck guys, and thanks for doing an AMA!

Thanks a lot! We hope so to!

What we have enjoyed the most is being able to tell our own stories. Mixing all the elements we love and burn for into a project that is very "personal" and then see it succeed. And ofcourse just being friends along the way and having fun with what you do!

And ofcourse! classic DnD scenario coming up!

http://imgur.com/gNxDfod

How bout drawing this guy in your style? http://zekemcnees.tumblr.com/image/28157089755

http://imgur.com/66JuWvR Cool style you have!

I would love to see Wilhelm and Vito as 80's glam rockers!

Of course! http://imgur.com/Hekw8wT

Hello there! As a fellow animator, I'm curious, what was the most challenging part of creating such an epic animation? How did you get the music? What prompted the decision to only use grunts and other basic sounds to convey dialogue? ^{so many questions...}

Also, I would like to see Vito and Wilhelms magical love child. Or them actually fighting the skeleton guy at the end...

The most challenging part was definitely time management. Planing every shot and be sure to to run out of time is something that was tricky sometimes! Each group get around 1500$ to spend on music and actors - if this is needed. We hired an awesome Bard called Mathias Winum who made all the lovely music! We also tried dialogue but quickly found out that cutting it seemed better. We loved the idea of having people communicate without words. It simple seemed more strong!

http://imgur.com/aEbl0m1 you get.... BOTH! But since Alethrion is too powerful and too out out your mind awesome.... wilhelm and Vito instantly kneeled ;) as a reward "the skeleton dude" granded them a child :)

I would like to request Wilhelm and Vito trying and failing at using each others weapons please?

Coming up! ;)

http://imgur.com/ywxkKdu here are two very confused heroes ;)

you should draw Vito and Wilhelm up against a Beholder!! O:
but I'd also like to ask when you guys got into art/animation, and when you started seriously honing your skills, or if all of that was started at TAW??

http://imgur.com/okOmmti

My bard character from DnD was killed by one of these...

We started very early to draw and some of us picked up the animation a little before heading to TAW. Kenneth used to animate a little in a program called EZtoon. but mostly we started from scratch with animation at TAW. The drawing is coming up!

Might I request a highly intoxicated Vito attempting to woo a lady with the power that is music?

sweaty Vito http://imgur.com/RDvrAwu

Oh Vito. You tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end, you just weren't metal enough.

Hahaha!

coming right up!

I would love to see those two kids (who get the map) with Vito and Wilhelm. Hanging with their celeb adventurers. :D (And thank you guys so much for doing this- it's so cool. I'm looking forward to your future project!)

http://imgur.com/iuc3uIH

Aaah! This is a really lovely picture!! Do those kids have names?

I wondered that as well! I wasn't sure if I had just missed where they were announced or not. But I would like to know that as well. :)

Their names are Kenn and Mick

Ha good idea! coming up!

Just wondered, I have backed you on Kickstarter and am praying for the money to be raised but wanted to know, what is the future of Vito, Wilhelm, and the series if the kickstarter doesn't work out. (sorry if this is a repost, didn't see this question anywhere)

We will do our best to make it happen anyways. we will just have a harder time doing it, and we might have to compromise some things. But overall we have gotten some really really good connections because of the kickstarter ;) and its been great just being able to reach out to you guys and feel that what we do is loved by others as well.

If Vito and Wilhelm were Pokemon, which ones would they be?

Wilhelm: bulbasaur definetly! Vito: ... probably jigglypuff

http://25.media.tumblr.com/9aee82648e79393612198230ca34a461/tumblr_mke3fho1591r6dn9co1_500.png

And since you were doing so much for us, this is for you. :D

WHOAAA that's super coool!!! THANKS! the greatest gift

I just wanted to chime in that I fucking loved the animation. Let's see...uh...care to give us some details on what the series would entail? Why should I donate my "hard earned" money towards it? Will you also draw Sir Oscar, Knight of Astora from Dark Souls being not dead?

In the first episode, we'll tell the story about the creation of the great Land of Alethrion. We don't like to spoil anything, but can asure you that you will be introduced to a bounce of new characters living in different corners in the universe! Ofcource we don't force you to donate, but only wishes to continue to make fantasy epicness to this world!

Hi, I loved The Reward, it was amazingly inspirational! I hope the Kickstarter works out as well, I'll be donating to it soon, I promise!

In terms of writing the story, I was wondering how you'd plotted it out; after an initial idea did you get down to working on a script, did you try and do rough storyboards first and how late in the whole process did you change the story? I'm slowly working on my own final animation project and the story just doesn't seem to come together, so I'd love to hear your thoughts on that part of the whole process.

As for a drawing, would it be possible to have Vito and Wilhelm running away from a tiny dragon? At some point they must have been scared of something before realising it wouldn't hurt them!

Hello there. Well, we did a lot of writting before we started to storyboard. We never had a finished scripts, but used tons of yellow posters next to small thumbs. We swapped things around very often - actually almost till the very end of the film.

I saw that earlier you drew genderbent wilhelm and vito, so may i request that you draw epic wilhelma and epic vita?

WAIT.... that was an absolute mistake. the link I pasted, LOL, was from the drawing before you.. here is the right link ;) http://imgur.com/Oy9qURo

I'm at the TDA (at TAW) and I met two of you guys after your film was released at the party in the student house, was awesome to meet you both - was quite inspiring!

I really hope the Kickstarted gets funded in these last few days, wishing you the best of luck - but my question is, what are your plans if the funding is unsuccessful?

If the Kickstarter is unsuccessful we will keep on fighting and aim toward the stars bringing great stories. But with the kickstarter we will have more freedom to choose what to do;)

as a current art student studying illustration, I just want to let you know what a huge inspiration you and your film is! It's gorgeous, and I'm looking forwards to a gorgeous show!

The only question I have is, do you have any job openings? ;)

No, just kidding! What I really want to know is, are you planning to tell the story start to end with the focus being on the plot, or as a sequence of smaller adventures? Or as a mix? Also, will they talk? Best of luck to you guys! You're living the animation student dream!

Hello there. Nice questions! We would love to have job openings, but we simply need to get the Kickstarter money before anything can happen. - What we would do with the series is to create different stories in the Land of Alethrion, following all kinds of characters and races. We would love to create a world where you feel a difference in culture and personalities instead of being trapped in only a couple of main characters. So basically, the universe could be the "main-character", if you can said it like that.

Though, these differences that we portrait in the universe are all connected, since their ways of thinking are a projection of the great hero Alethrion's actions and deeds, as he inspired people to believe in heroes instead of gods.

Wilhelm and Vito as fat.....on an unusual holiday!

http://imgur.com/BtI4hiu

boom baby

Love your stuff! My Q: Boxers, briefs, or magic wizard undies??

My R: this guy and this guy in Reward style if that is possible! Please and thank you oh gosh wow

drawing is coming up!

http://imgur.com/PCf4mWB Hope you like it!

No doubt, briefs!! The Reward is a mix between fantasy and modern world - and briefs are this worlds magical fashion undies! :D

you guys are great! :D the reward was amazing; totally looking forward to everything y'all make in the future!

what inspired the name "sun creature studio"?

as a request, can y'all draw vito and wilhelm as... some sort of monsters? :D maybe a spell went wrong or they ran into some bad magic

We counted to three, and two of us said a word. One said "Sun", another said "Creature". It sounded like some kind of a fantasy creature which we had never really heard of. Why not?

http://imgur.com/RJy3cds Hahaha, that.. was a spell that went really wrong ;)

Coming up!

oh my gosh hi!! Thank you for doing this AMA! I really love t he Reward and it's been a great inspiration for me and many of my friends. Questiontime: Did you ever imagine that your animation would take off in popularity like this?

Also, if you're still taking drawing requests I was wondering what this guy might look like in your style

To be honest, we had a feeling of doing something that was new and fresh. But that kind of feedback was a great surprise!

You guys totally deserve it though!! I am super proud of you guys :D

hey man! I'll try to remember to draw it when I'm back at my tablet :)

Whats the plan if the Kickstarter doesn't succeed? As it stands now, the Kickstarter seems like kind of a long shot to get half of the requested money in a little over a week.

If that doesn't pan out, what is the backup plan?

Best of luck either way, from the short and the animation jams, you guys are talented enough to make something work.

Haha. yeah. it is a long way! we sure hope we will make it and have some card up our sleeves still.)

From my experience on Kickstarter, it seems like a lot of people wait till the last second to donate. Especially if they see it just inches away from succeeding. I hope that this is the case...

Well, we are also driven by this thought these days! ;)

how much did your life change, due to the success of your awesome shotfilm?

Well, because of the succes of The Reward a lot of different doors has opened up in front of us. Some of the people from the industry whom we love and saw as untouchable legends and gods are now within reach. The whole Kickstarter-campaign and further development of The Reward would probably not have been a possibility. Chatting with you right now would now have been a reality!

On a question note, are you avid roleplayers and what system(s) do you play if so?

We LOVE to roleplay in DnD Pen and Paper - and mostly the good old 1.5! That's an all time winner! :)

Which classes do you favor, if any?

BARD and WIZARD

are you guys going to draw anything we ask? :)

Yes, shoot us down

sweet - how about her > http://fav.me/d5naqnd

wonder what she'll look like in your style

http://imgur.com/HYnxmSm

she's a cool character!

right on!

Can you recommand any good tutorials/books/??? on learning to draw?

Go to life drawing sessions! This is the very foundation of drawing and something that you should never stop doing! We can easily see a lack of quality on our drawings if it's long time ago since we did some croquis and sketched random people from street.

Else, we love to watch blogs from different artists! They are all over the place! Sometimes, if we need to be inspirered we even sit down and copy some of their work to find out how they are doing so well! Ups!

Ooh, this is exciting! I hope this brings more exposure to the kickstarter. I really want to see it get funded.

For drawing: how about Vito and Wilhelm in most embarassing outfit that they think they'd be in?

Haha, yes here it comes!

http://imgur.com/Jt2s1lh

OMG. >Please draw a dog running in a field feeling happy. It is one of my biggest dreams ever. When my mom died it was one of the first things i saw. It was such an emotional moment. The happiest day of my life.. Please draw.

http://imgur.com/Pk7ra3V

fhsdjk-- Wait, so you're drawing /any/ request? Not just The Reward-themed ones? ahhhhhh my boyfriend and I are such HUGE fans of your work and and and just... could you possibly draw our characters (these two brats http://sonadorrey.deviantart.com/art/AOCT-Contestant-Drew-Guzmon-310754570 http://fuzzlespup.deviantart.com/art/Amie-Enter-312902138 or http://fuzzlespup.deviantart.com/art/ENTER-CHALLENGER-314213890?q=gallery%3Afuzzlespup%2F6209622&qo=20 ) in the style of The Reward? :'D It would mean a lot to be able to surprise him with a doodle of these two by you guys uwu <3

http://imgur.com/e3FykUL

Hope you like it :)

of course! And thank you! coming up ;)

Just dropping by to say hi ! Best luck with all the requests and have fun :D ! Stay awesome, guys!

Awh, hello Niladhevan! Thank you very much. Lovely with these supportive comments! Stay awesome youself! :)

Once again I'm just here to wish you good luck with the kickstarter and to say that the way you're handling this is absolutely superb and thank you for the time you're spending with your fans even though I'm sure you have crazy amount of work. No request from me, think you have enough of those already ;D Good job, guys, good job claps

you are too sweet. thank you! we appreciate it :)

no need to draw this but one request more. Im really interested to see her -> http://25.media.tumblr.com/0193121bf7312feacb8939846f2c9bbb/tumblr_mfz2rewgpb1r0lqigo1_500.gif in your style

also a question.What inspired the most you guys while making/getting ideas for The Reward?

With The Reward we basically wanted to tell a story that most of us can relate to - to go on a journey with your friends. So the inspiration and ideas are drawn from many of these moments! Else, we are very inspireted by FLCL, Mindgame, Pokemon and DnD! :)

As a lady that wants to get in to 1st year animation, you guys really inspire me! It's great! I'd like to ask; how did you guys get into animating, and how about a drawing of Wilhelm and Vito drawing you guys?

My DnD group loves your work so far.

http://imgur.com/np53S5k

We loved to draw and then found this great school here in Denmark. So it just became a natural way to go in order to live by drawing :)

can you guys tell us about your experiences at TAW?

TAW, The Animation Workshop, is the school we gratuated from for two months ago. It has been three great years with a fantastic learning curve. Most people who come to the school love the atmosphere and open-minded students and teachers who are a part of the environment. It's simply impossible for us to say anything bad about this place.

Though, living in a bubble like this for a long time is something that you shall not get used to. We are looking forward to open our eyes towards the whole world after living in such a small town.

Who would win in a fight, a polar bear with a chaingun on its back or a grizzly bear with chainsaws for hands? Love your work by the way guys, I just wanted to legitimise my compliment with a question.

Hahahahaha. I vote for the polar bear! but I am also from the north ;) and I am also more for ranged weapons. they always do great damage before the melee warriors come in!

can you draw wilhelm and vito with switched personalities?

Coming up! haha, great idea!

http://imgur.com/livOkbx

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Yep! coming up :)

http://imgur.com/H6AdFng Here they are!! They found some new weapons though ;) and then they decided to kill the thieves if they found them ;)

something seems smaller...

you know... he is a magician and has his ways of getting his will behind the bushes...